2022 NAICS national industry in sector 42 Wholesale Trade
423820 Farm and Garden Machinery and Equipment Merchant Wholesalers
NAICS 423820 is the US industry code for farm and garden machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers. It covers establishments primarily engaged in the merchant wholesale distribution of specialized machinery, equipment, and related parts generally used in agricultural, farm, and lawn and garden activities.
- Code
- 423820 (2022 NAICS)
- Title
- Farm and Garden Machinery and Equipment Merchant Wholesalers
- Part of
- Machinery, Equipment, and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers
- SBA small business limit
- Up to 125 employees
- Closest UK SIC
- 46510, 46520 (details)
Changes coming. The NAICS 2027 revision applies to data from 1 January 2027, and SBA proposed new size standards on 20 August 2026. The values on this page are the ones in force today; we update this page when the official files change.
Official definition
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in the merchant wholesale distribution of specialized machinery, equipment, and related parts generally used in agricultural, farm, and lawn and garden activities.
Examples Census gives
- Animal feeders merchant wholesalers
- Lawnmowers merchant wholesalers
- Milking machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers
- Harvesting machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers
- Planting machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers
Activities listed under 423820
The Census index assigns these 28 activities to this code. If your business matches one, this is your code.
- Agricultural implements merchant wholesalers
- Agricultural machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers
- Blowers, snow and leaf, merchant wholesalers
- Combines merchant wholesalers
- Conveying equipment, farm, merchant wholesalers
- Crop preparation machinery (e.g., cleaning, conditioning, drying) merchant wholesalers
- Cultivating machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers
- Farm machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers
- Feeders, animal, merchant wholesalers
- Frost protection machinery merchant wholesalers
- Garden machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers
- Harvesting machinery and equipment, agriculture, merchant wholesalers
- Haying machines merchant wholesalers
- Irrigation equipment merchant wholesalers
- Land preparation machinery, agricultural, merchant wholesalers
- Lawn maintenance machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers
- Lawnmowers merchant wholesalers
- Milking machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers
- Planting machinery and equipment, farm-type, merchant wholesalers
- Plows, farm, merchant wholesalers
- Poultry equipment merchant wholesalers
- Snowblowers, household-type, merchant wholesalers
- Sprayers, farm-type, merchant wholesalers
- Spreaders, fertilizer, merchant wholesalers
- Sprinklers, agricultural, merchant wholesalers
- Sprinklers, garden, merchant wholesalers
- Tillers, farm and garden, merchant wholesalers
- Tractors, farm and garden, merchant wholesalers
SBA size standard for 423820
To count as a small business for SBA loans and federal contracts under NAICS 423820, your business (including affiliates) must not exceed 125 employees. Check your business.
Source: SBA table of size standards, effective March 17, 2023.
Closest UK SIC 2007 codes
There is no official one-to-one link between NAICS and UK SIC. These codes share the same international class (ISIC Rev. 4: 4653), so treat them as a starting point and check the definition.
- 46510Wholesale of computers, computer peripheral equipment and softwareUK SIC
- 46520Wholesale of electronic and telecommunications equipment and partsUK SIC
Built from Census concordances 2022→2017 NAICS and 2017 NAICS→ISIC Rev. 4.
Similar codes to compare
- 423810Construction and Mining (except Oil Well) Machinery and Equipment Merchant Wholesalers
- 423830Industrial Machinery and Equipment Merchant Wholesalers
- 423840Industrial Supplies Merchant Wholesalers
- 423850Service Establishment Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers
- 423860Transportation Equipment and Supplies (except Motor Vehicle) Merchant Wholesalers
Data last changed November 14, 2026. How this page is built.